Interoperabilidade

2010

 

Eurostat: Standards and Open Source Software for Data Interoperability - Mai. 2009  105.7 kB

Eurostat collects and publishes huge amounts of data each year, and exchanges many datasets with other large organisations. This exchange was constantly suffering from a lack of interoperability, as data needed to be converted from one organisation's convention into another, a process which consumes both time and money. Different organisations were also using very different tools to work with the data, which caused further problems. In late 2001, Eurostat got together with a number of EU committees to discuss the need for greater interoperability within the European public sector. In 2005, IDABC agreed to fund the SDMX Open DATA Interchange (SODI) project. Thanks to previous cooperations between Eurostat and other international institutions, the SDMX standard quickly found a large group of sponsors, all of which hoped to benefit from the greater interoperability afforded by using a single standard, and the tools built on it. These tools were developed by Eurostat and other sponsoring institutions, and many of them were published under the EUPL license. The SDMX Converter is an example of the successful development and publication of a tool that is essential for working with the SDMX standard.

Interoperabilidade de Conteúdos em Portais Semânticos - Fev. 2009  114.2 kB

 

A Roadmap for a Pan-European eIDM Framework by 2010 - Jan. 2009  159.3 kB

Identity is the dynamic collection of all attributes related to a specific entity, be it a citizen, enterprise, or object. An identity is what allows an entity to be distinguished from any other. This is what makes identity a key component in numerous economic, social and administrative transactions. The ability to link a set of information to its owner and the effective and secure handling of entity-specific data are essential to numerous different interactions. To this end, organisational and technical infrastructures are developed to define, designate and administer the identity attributes related to specific groups of people, such as customers, patients or citizens. These infrastructures are identity management systems.

FAQs to the Report on the State of Pan-European eID Initiatives - Jan. 2009  313.2 kB

 

Mid-Term Report of the European Commission Expert Group on e-Invoicing- Jan. 2009  200.3 kB

E-Invoicing has great potential but is being held back by a number of barriers to the achievement of mass adoption. The Expert Group commenced its work in February 2008 and this Mid-Term Report sets out a number of initial recommendations to remove or reduce these barriers. Further work is required to elaborate these proposals – input would be welcome. The expected deliverables of the Group are summarised and will be completed by the end of 2009. 2. The first chapter records that there are many instances where progress has been made and there are a large number of success stories. The key benefits of e-Invoicing are reviewed ranging from efficiency arguments, cost benefits, the green agenda, improved supply chains and the liberation of resources for more productive work.

Report on the State of Pan-European eIDM Initiatives - Jan. 2009  1.2 MB

The development and deployment of electronic identity management (eIDM) solutions in European electronic applications stands at a crossroads. Over the past decade, European Member States and EEA countries have gradually rolled out identity management solutions that were best suited to their national goals and ambitions. The goals of such initiatives were uniformly the same: improving administrative efficiency, improving accessibility and user-friendliness, and above all, the reduction of costs.

European Interoperable Infrastructure Services: Study on potential reuse of system components - 2009  1.3 MB

The main objective of the EIIS Study was to identify and describe common interoperability infrastructure services to support European Public Services. In that perspective, the EIIS Study has selected components in existing systems or systems in development that were best positioned to be part of the solution that could deliver these EIIS. The EIIS Study has also proposed implementation options for the EIIS.

e-PING Padrões de Interoperabilidade de Governo Electrónico - Dez. 2008  625.0 kB

 

Study on Multilingualism - Dez. 2008  363.3 kB

Leonard Orban, the current EU Commissioner for Multilingualism, defines one of his organisation’s objectives clearly: “Give citizens access to European Union legislation in their own languages.” Consequently, there is a real demand to provide multilingual support for pan-European solutions. It is not sufficient to develop international solutions and merely using English as the common language. Semantic interoperability requires preservation of the meaning of the exchanged information in a communication between partners with the concrete goal being the avoidance of ambiguities and/or misunderstandings. The semiotic triangle defines the relationships among concepts (THOUGHTS), symbols (TERMS), and/or things (OBJECTS), explaining that in multilingual contexts, terms from different languages should activate consistent concepts to preserve semantic uniformity. This implies that messages translated from one system to another can use different terms, but should map to the same concept.

SEMIC-EU The Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe - Out. 2008  1.3 MB

 

2 nd European CIO Meeting - Jun. 2008  1.2 MB

The second European CIO meeting took place on 13th June 2008 at the Berlaymont building of the European Commission in Brussels. 25 countries were represented and 51 participants attended. Countries were represented by one or more delegates (CIO's and national representatives). It was agreed at the CIO meeting to develop a European Interoperability Strategy and CIOs to steer its preparation. Vice President Kallas whilst delivering a keynote speech at lunch stressed the vital importance of agreeing on the European Interoperability Strategy and encouraged CIOs to continue their common efforts. The French Presidency also supported the European Interoperability Strategy as a priority for their mandate starting on 1st July.

Getting Started with the Central Data Exchange (CDX) - Jul. 2007  524.7 kB

 

Handbook on Implementation of the Services Directive - 2007  659.6 kB

The objective of the Services Directive1 is to make progress towards a genuine Internal Market in Services so that, in the largest sector of the European economy, both businesses and consumers can take full advantage of the opportunities it presents. By supporting the development of a truly integrated Internal Market in Services, the Directive will help realise the considerable potential in terms of economic growth and job creation of the services sector in Europe. For this reason, the Services Directive is a central element of the renewed Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs2. Moreover, by providing for administrative simplification, it also supports the better regulation agenda3. The Services Directive is a big step forward in ensuring that both service providers and recipients benefit more easily from the fundamental freedoms guaranteed in Articles 43 and 49 of the Treaty establishing the European Community – the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services across borders. In order to achieve this, the provisions of the Directive aim to simplify administrative procedures, remove obstacles for services activities as well as enhance both mutual trust between Member States and the confidence of providers and consumers in the Internal Market.

European Interoperability Framework for Pan-European eGovernment Services - 2004  1.4 MB

 

Interoperabilidade entre Sistemas Distribuídos Utilizando Web Services  400.0 kB

Este artigo apresenta como uma tecnologia emergente, Web Services, poderá estar sendo utilizada para suportar a conexão entre sistemas distribuídos, em ambientes praticamente isolados. Com isso, podendo estar fornecendo mecanismos de conexão e integração de informações, que anteriormente a esta tecnologia, ficava restrita á uma única plataforma ou ambiente computacional. Para esta integração de sistemas é preciso dispor da característica interoperabilidade, mecanismos de compatibilidade entre eles, que será alcançada utilizando a tecnologia de Web Services.